Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-15
SONS OF vERMoNr IN CHICAGO.
Notices of Some of the Vicinity of Bur
lingion.-C on the Great strike.

still on account of the strike of trades
unions belonging to the building trade.
There are some features and phases to this
strike which no other strike in Chicago
has ever had. The employers, contractors
and furnishers of material have formed
combination for mutual protection, and
struck back at at the strikers a forcible
and effective blow The employer believes
he has some rights and proposes to assert
them. The strikers exercise their powers
unjustly and arbitrarily. 1t is not strike
for increase of wages, for the employer
has conceded all the unions have demand
ed piu that direction; it is simply and
only for a change in the pay day from
Tuesday to Saturday, which is business
Inconvenience to the employer and con
tractor. 1t is now proposed, and the prop
osition is likely to become reality, to
organize personal liberty association for
the protection of the workingmen call who
are willing and anxious to work to sup
port themselves and dependents and the
employer alike 1t is to protect the labor
er in his rights and privileges when they
are refused him by the trades unions
through the action of agitators, walking
delegates, iawsmithS or striking mObs
An organization of this kind is needed in
Chicago, and, | presume, elsewhere. There
are multitude of men among the strikers
who want 70 work and would work II they
could be protected. There IS no tyranny
so eXacting rs that practiced hy the walk
ing delegates upon the men belonging to
the unions. They are deferred from work
by severe penalties and the non union
men prevented by threats of and actual
violence The original purposes and prin
Clples of the unions were comparatively
l,.x- r,1.t tod hair itrnf &c
to secret clique of INSCRIPTIONS and idle
loafers calling themselves delegates, Who
force men and unions to strike without
cause, because some other union has
quarrel and is on a strike, all to please the
" ID wsmiths" at the workingmen's own
loss and expense. Such Il personal liberty
associatian would benefit the employer
and the employed and would be patrOnized
by thousands of both parties. There Is
clearer question of human law and equity
and of personal rights than that every
man who wants TO work for wages has the
right to work on any terms he may make
with his employer, aud that no one shall
interfere with him. lie has an equal
RIGHT to refuse to work and his employer
cannot force him, neither can he force his
employ Such an organization would
restore individual rights, which are now
trampled under foot, and give them their
inherent right to be free men it would
restore the principles of justice and equity,
and be "A check upon the labor and social
istic organizations which have well nigh
destroyed the last Vestlge of personal
liberty.
But | propose to make further mention
of some successful sons of Vermont who
came from the vicinity of Burlington and
that part of the state. First of al. is
WILLIAM CULLEN WARNER.
Among the most prominent and note
worthy families in northwestern aud cen
tral-western Vermont is the Warner fam
lily. They have been representative men
III the medical profession particularly, and
in the lie 1islative annals of the State. They
are of that old New England stock which
descended from the Puritan fathers, and
were among the pioneer settlers III that
part of Vermont, locating in Bristol, Ad
olson county at an early day, and the de-
scendents, for generations, have been
prominently ientfied with that loo lily.
| mention in this letter one of the family
who has been successful in Chicago in the
mercantile business - William Cullen
Warner, who was born at Bristol IN lsi9,
and is the son of Charles b. Warner; his
mothers maiden name was Lortta Iaze,
a so of an excellent Bristol family both
parents are living there. William c.
was educated at the academy or select
school at Bristol taught by Everel u.
IL DDtrIS, now Oh CulCHBO. lie early ueler
mined upon business life aud evidently
aimed to excel in whatever business he en-
"a ged, and with his ability, energy and
DE- cislon OF character he could hardly fail
OF the ultimate attainment of his ambition
and purpose and he has Won At the
, age of fifteen years he left school and en-
gagged in the dry goods store of Dunahe
x Barnes at Bristol, for three Years.
Thence he removed to Chicago in 1861, and
engaged in a dry goods store and when it
failed and left him ont of employment,
with characteristic energy, he engaged in
selling hammers on the streets, rs his en-
| terprise and inclination to Industry would
not permit of idleness and he was not
content unless doing something and was
} willing TO do whatever his hands could
| find to do, if honorable. Such was the
! Vermont pluck and pride he possessed and
which have characterized his entire career
! in Chicago. After the grand fire he en-
| gagged with the large clothing and furnish
| ing wholesale house of Charles =. Kellogg
( * Co., first as tOCk-keeper at StiOJ y
! wear, and later as salesman for eight years
! and the last four years mas been 4 partner,
his valuable services, his ability and as a
| businessman being appreciated by the
firm and acknowledged IN that way. lie
is an important factor in the establish
ment and to indicate to his Vermont
| friends that it Is a decided success he has
attained to, | will give some figures. They
occupy II i've SlOlN DdStiltul UullulIE
l0OX 100 feet and four other floors ad iacent
5SX2O0, at lGl to 1863 on Monroe, corner o
Franklin street. 1t Is the largest estab
iishment of the kind in the West, employ
ing $500 hands and doing an annual bust
ness reaching up into the millions, Thu
quick, prompt, and enterprising Yer
monter is partner and direct manage
of an important department, be it said t,
his credit.
In 1871 Mr. Warner married Mnni
2 Stearus Of Rockford Ill, of Vermont an
cestry. They live in a pleasant home a
Oak Park, one of Chicago's most beau
y tiful and attractive suburbs.
p OSCAR BURTON KNIGHT.
propose to tell your readers somethin
about "A son of northern Vermont who
and has been important factor in the SIT
J. cessful conducting of political campaign
s in this city, county and State, on the +,
> publican side, of course, particularly
Y the way of infusing life and enthusiast
y into the masses of voters, by his Apr,
y pirate, apt original, timely and spiri